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Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus is a slave belonging to Simo and his son Calidorus. His actions center on helping Calidorus regain his beloved. A quintessential trickster character, he is not just intelligent but ...
Now that the audience has a good reason to dislike Ballio, Plautus comes up with a very Roman flagitatio (ll. 357–70), in which Calidorus and Pseudolus keep insulting the pimp in order to make him feel guilty or upset and to make him change his mind. Needless to say, the callous pimp takes it all in his stride.
Calidorus, Simo’s son, and Pseudolus, Simo’s slave, discuss a letter Calidorus has received from his lover, a prostitute owned by Simo’s neighbor, Ballio.Calidorus ruefully explains that Phoenicium has been sold to a Macedonian soldier and that as soon as the soldier’s slave returns with the balance and a matching seal, she will be forced to go to him.
The Pseudolus begins with the play's eponymous slave and his master Calidorus on stage together. Pseudolus wants to know the answer to two questions: why Calidorus is so wretched (4), 1 Antidosis, edited by R. Hanslik, A. Lesky and EL Schwabl (Vienna and elsewhere 1972), 2Iff. 2 See below, the Appendix on Ballio's Birthday, which includes a
Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus assures Calidorus that he’ll just figure out some way to trick his own master, Simo, into giving them the money. A complex plot then follows, which involves creating a letter from the ...
Pseudolus acknowledges that Simia is “as wicked as me” (910) and that the gods must want to help Calidorus by sending Simia to them. Simia promises to “be a better Harpax than he is” (926). Pseudolus promises to give him “plums and perks” (947) if Simia succeeds: “Delightful delicacies, hors d’oeuvres, perfumes, liqueurs—and / A delightful lady to smother with kisses of ...
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Sep 5, 2023 · Psuedolus 's action turns on the plight of two lovers, Calidorus and Phoenicium. Calidorus is an upper-class young man whose father, Simo, disapproves of his sweetheart. Phoenicium is a slave and ...
